Kim, 37, was telling the story of the baby shower she threw over the weekend – which was mainly for the benefit of her daughter North, four – when she let slip the gender.

She said: “I thought I really do want to have a baby shower, because I want her to feel that something’s coming, and for her to really understand it.

“So people brought toys and gifts, and she was opening them all up the next day and she said: ‘Mom, you know since baby sister is not here, I think I need all of her toys in my room, and I’ll play with them and make sure they are all okay for baby sister.'”

Kim also revealed that she and her family members have a group chat to discuss how to address rumours being spread about them.

She explained: “I’m going to break it down. This is how we work in the family.

“When there are lots of rumours, we have these family group chats and we threaten each others’ lives if we speak for the other one, so for the safety of my life…”

“We just decided since there’s so much that goes on, that we respect each other’s right to speak for themselves, so I will speak for myself and hopefully they can come on and address whatever rumours you might have.”

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